Games like PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate
If PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate is your kind of game, the closest matches are Elemental War 2, VERSUS SQUAD and DG2: Defense Grid 2 — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, nostalgic and relaxing. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate: Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.
Players who liked PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate also play
Steam players who put hours into PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Elemental War 2
WHY THIS
Top pick for PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Elemental War 2 offers you the popular tower defense feeling combined with innovative game mechanics - the ultimate mix for many hours of fun!
VERSUS SQUAD
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Second-strongest match for PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
DG2: Defense Grid 2
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
CastleStorm
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.
Sanctum
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
Tower Wars
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
Stardrift Nomads
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Stardrift Nomads is a dual-stick shooter with a focus on cooperative play and retro action. Build and upgrade 12 unique towers, customize your ship to fit your play style, and seize victory with up to 8 players!
Yet Another Zombie Defense
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
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Sanctum
WHY THIS
Reviewers of PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
Orcs Must Die!
WHY THIS
Reviewers of PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.
Sanctum 2
WHY THIS
Reviewers of PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
X-Morph: Defense
WHY THIS
Shares co op local multiplayer with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Reviewers of PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Rogue Tower
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Reviewers of PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate at current Steam store prices.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
Nubby's Number Factory
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
Monster Train
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Nodebuster
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Steam Engine Simulator
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The Steam Engine Simulator shown on AngeTheGreat's YouTube channel.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
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More from Double Eleven
Other recommendable Steam games by Double Eleven, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Prison Architect
WHY THIS
Another title from Double Eleven, the studio behind PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
Red Dead Redemption
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Another title from Double Eleven, the studio behind PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.
LEGO® Harry Potter™ Collection
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Another title from Double Eleven, the studio behind PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
The LEGO® Harry Potter™: Collection brings LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 1-4 and LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 5-7 together in one game, now remastered with enhanced graphics.
PixelJunk™ Shooter
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Another title from Double Eleven, the studio behind PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
In PixelJunk™ Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground. Making your way through the game will rely on your keen sense of observation and the ability to manipulate your surroundings.
PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Another title from Double Eleven, the studio behind PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
CAN YOU SAVE THE SCIENTISTS ON APOXUS PRIME?PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate is a twin-stick shooter with equal elements of action and puzzle solving.
Super Cloudbuilt
WHY THIS
Another title from Double Eleven, the studio behind PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Rocket-powered 3D parkour platformer, built for speed running and exploration. Defeat enemies and overcome obstacles as you hurtle with break-neck momentum above a vast abyss. Collect power-ups, drop checkpoints and take your place on the international leaderboards.
Frozen Synapse Prime
WHY THIS
Another title from Double Eleven, the studio behind PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Take on the role of Tactics, leading a rebel faction to overthrow a powerful corporation controlling the virtual city of Markov Geist. Control an elite strike team of futuristic soldiers; plot paths and issue orders to your units, test your plans and predict your opponent in each turn.
Prison Architect 2
WHY THIS
Another title from Double Eleven, the studio behind PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Welcome Architects! Design and develop your own personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect 2. The classic prison-builder has broken out into 3D, and it’s up to you to contain it!
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
VERSUS SQUAD
WHY THIS
Shares a chill mood with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
DG2: Defense Grid 2
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
CastleStorm
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.
Frequently asked about PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate
- Is PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate cost?
- PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate are Elemental War 2, VERSUS SQUAD, DG2: Defense Grid 2.
- Who developed PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate?
- PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate was developed by Double Eleven, Q-Games Ltd. and published by Double Eleven.
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